45 Singles You Just Had to Buy
In the bad old days before the internet & streaming😀, what pieces of music did you have to purchase on a 45rpm single because there was no other genuine way of getting them home? The trouble was that more often than not, an album cut of a rock-and-roll hit would be a different version/take/mix of the one you loved hearing on the radio. Which means you just had to get the 45.
Here's a random handful of mine --
Hanky Panky -- Tommy James & the Shondells
Save the Country -- Laura Nyro
She Don't Care about Time and Change is Now -- The Byrds
Baby Please Don't Go -- Them
Candy Girl -- Four Seasons
The Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton
I have lots of 12" 45's purchased in the 80s. They contain remixes and extended club versions of the single or a popular track found on the LP. And they weren't over compressed, just enough to keep the disc from jumping the grooves. These tracks were recorded very hot and usually had better SQ than the album. Mostly owned by DJs and collectors.
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+1 @tylermunns |
@tylermunns Thanks, great answer. I forgot how screwy song selection was between the UK and US releases. It makes me wonder if the band and UK label decided the format for the release. Then the US label and distributor decided what the Yanks should get. |
